BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The NHL insisted in the week leading up to the board of governors meeting that there would be no big proclamation that the expansion process has officially begun. But a little expansion tease? You bet! NHL commissioner Gary...

With the NHL devoid at the moment of the fires the commissioner is used to putting out and basking in the glow of winning big at the Sports Business Awards this week, Gary Bettman takes time to look at what's next for the league, writes Pierre LeBrun.

Hours after celebrating his own title with a parade in Miami, Heat star LeBron James tweeted out congratulations to another champion as he saluted Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane for winning the Stanley Cup.

Love That Game 7: Monday night marks the second and third Game 7 in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs, but that should be no surprise. Over the last 10 NHL seasons (since 2002-03), this is the sixth time that there have been at least three Game 7s pla...

Canadian financier George Gosbee emerged Thursday as part of a group of fellow Canadian investors who hope to close a deal to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes from the NHL for $170 million, a source told ESPN.com.